After getting last place at a crossfit competition...Kyle: Daddy! Daddy! Did your team win?!?Me: Well... We tried really hard, so I feel like we won in my heart.Kyle: ...Well, that's nice daddy, but did you win, ya know, like in REAL life?Me: No. No, we got beat really badly.

While throwing his new airplane in the front yard today, Kyle threw it into an area of the yard that, admittedly, has been neglected since our remodel started.Kyle: Whoa! Did you see that? I threw it all the way into our DUMP!Me: Yeah! That was so... Wait... Into our what?

While putting kyle to bed tonight...Me: Kyle, now you might hear some banging sounds downstairs tonight. Whatever you do, don't come downstairs. If Santa sees that you are awake, he'll run away and take all the presents with him. Kyle: I might come out real quick to go in your room or something.Me: If you do, you might ruin Christmas for everybody.Kyle: Everybody in the whole world?!?Me: No. Just ruin it for you and your sister.Kyle: [super releived] Phew. Oh, okay.